Hide X

tux06 · 10-14-2006, 07:26 AM

How do i stop X from showing when i boot up? I do not like seeing a black and white background before KDE loads, it can be quite annoying!

I would prefer to see a black screen, or have a custom set background that matches rather than the black and white that always appears before the login screen.

Dutch Master · 10-14-2006, 07:32 AM

Errmmm, why do you watch your system booting? Power the machine, do something different (like, get a coffee

) and when you're back it's ready to go

tux06 · 10-14-2006, 07:33 AM

but it only takes about 30 seconds to boot... :s do you know if there is a way to do it? I dont see it in other Debian based distros like Freespire, Dream Linux etc

Dutch Master · 10-14-2006, 08:50 AM

I suppose one could, by editing a relevant file. Unfortunately I don't know what file to edit. You may want to check the /etc/X11 directory to search for it. Btw, are you sure it's X and not remnants from the swapfile about the screen?

tux06 · 10-14-2006, 09:01 AM

yeah because if i load x without KDE it looks the same as what i am seeing.

ntubski · 10-14-2006, 10:29 AM

The file to edit depends on how you startup X, gdm, kdm, xdm, startx... Or you could try to figure out how the Xsession.d files work, I never managed.

Once you find the file the command to run is xsetroot -solid black.

@Dutch Master: not sure how the swapfile could be on the screen??

PMorph · 10-14-2006, 11:17 AM

Yes, in the beginning of /etc/X11/Xsession, add the line xsetroot -solid black

Dutch Master · 10-14-2006, 12:25 PM

@ntubski: at the end of the bootsequence, just before Gnome comes up, I see the remnants of the screen as it was before the last shutdown. It also happens when I reboot after a Live-CD session. That means that it has to come from the swapfile, just before it's flushed (I have my PC on mains 24/7, so volatile memory (aka RAM) is still powered, even when the machine was off for the night) Worth noting: I have 1 GB RAM on a nForce 2 chipset.